Palestinians planting hundreds of trees in occupied West Bank after Israel uprooted olive crops
Palestinians planting hundreds of trees in occupied West Bank after Israel uprooted olive crops
Palestinians are aiming to plant at least 2,500 trees across the West Bank to protest Israeli land theft.
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Palestinians are planting trees across the West Bank [Getty]
in the occupied West Bank have launchedÌýa massÌýÌýon land that isÌýthreatening toÌýseize, according to state media on Monday.
The Agricultural Development Association plantedÌý100 trees in the village of Jayyous, east of Qalqilia -Ìýadjacent to Israel's so-called separationÌýwall - which Palestinians say is a deliberate show of resistance against the occupation with hundreds of more saplings to be planted across the West Bank.
Ahed Zanabit, director of the association for the northernÌýWest Bank region,Ìýsaid the initiativeÌýemphasisedÌýthe right of the Palestinian people to their land amid Israeli land seizures and settlement expansions, according to national news agencyÌýWafa.
He also highlighted the repeated Israeli settlerÌýattacks on Palestinians and their land, including the destruction, uprooting, and burning ofÌýolive trees.
Similar events will be taking place throughout the West BankÌýwith the aim of planting at least 2,500 young trees across the Palestinian territories.
Many Palestinians in rural areas have little alternative to olive farming for income with the harvest taking place in autumn.
Rights groups say that Israeli settlers repeatedly vandalise and destroy Palestinian olive farms and crops in a deliberate attempt to stifle revenues.Ìý
Israel has occupied the West Bank illegally since 1967, and commits various abuses against Palestinian civilians, human rights groups say.
More than 700,000 Jewish Israelis live in settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in constructions considered illegal under international law.
The Oslo agreement of 1995 divided the occupied West Bank into three zones: Area A, Area B, and Area C.
Area A is under the administrative and security control of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Area B's administration is controlled by the PA, with Israel controlling security. Area C is under full administrative and security control of Israel.
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